[SocBiN] Jobs for PhD students

[Iwona Zielińska]

Dear Colleagues,

*Project “CONTRA – Computational Oncology Training Alliance”*for Marie 
Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network - *invites 15 PhD students to 
cooperation* – in the field of *CANCER GENOMIC EVOLUTION*

https://itn-contra.org

*Application deadline: 23:59 CET on the 15 February 2018 *

CONTRA (https://itn-contra.org) is a H2020 Marie-Sklodowska-Curie 
Innovative Training Network aimed at providing a structured training 
programme to 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) *to study tumor evolution 
using computational techniques* upon novel experimental data including, 
but not limited to, single-cell genomic data. See the list of projects 
at the end of this message.

The training structure of CONTRA will include local and network-wide 
activities and secondments to other labs in the network. *Most positions 
are for 3 years and some for 4 years*, contracts starting approximately 
July 1, 2018, but all of  them lead to a PhD degree. Specific conditions 
may apply to individual positions depending on local regulations. 
Top-level graduates (master degree or equivalent) in bioinformatics, 
statistics, mathematics, computer science or evolutionary biology are 
encouraged to apply. No discrimination will be made on the basis of 
nationality, gender, race, religion or disability.

H2020 EU funding imposes strict eligibility criteria. At the time of 
recruitment the researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her 
main activity (work, studies, etc…) in the country of the host institute 
for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to his/her 
recruitment. The researcher should also be in the first four years of 
their research careers at the time of recruitment by the host 
organisation and have not been awarded a doctoral degree. The successful 
candidate will receive a very generous financial package. The exact 
conditions varies across the universities, but the gross amounts of *EU 
funding for an ESR is in the range 3710€-4210€.* The net salary will 
result from deducting all compulsory (employer/employee) social security 
contributions as well as direct taxes from the gross amounts, according 
to the law applicable to the agreement concluded with the ESR.  Some 
universities will also supplement the EU funding. EU Guide for 
applicants: https://goo.gl/d6LtsE

Candidates may apply for the positions through the KTH application 
system https://goo.gl/yTThgg 
<https://kth.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:login/jobID:180427/type:job/where:4/apply:1/?_ga=2.89455187.95395237.1513669296-1141512965.1460467751>

*The application should include the following documents: *

1.1. Curriculum vitae with at most 3 pages

2.2. Transcripts from University / University College

3.3. Contact details for three references

4.4. Brief description of why the applicant wishes to become a PhD 
student within this network

5.5. Ranking of 3 ESR projects based on the applicant’s preference

Each project supervisor will revise the candidates’ documentation and, 
on the basis of the completeness and adequacy of the requested material 
and eligibility, will score candidates based on: (1) academic profile; 
(2) personal motivation; (3) scientific skills and relevant experience; 
and (4) English proficiency. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to 
teleconference interviews with the relevant project supervisor(s).

Application deadline: 23:59 CET on 15 February 2018. Candidates are 
invited to contact the supervisors for more details. For individual 
descriptions of the 15 projects, please use the following link: 
https://itn-contra.org/esr-projects/.

*List of projects, including supervisor and host institution:*

- *ESR1*: Comparing tumour phylogenies from single cell data versus bulk 
sequencing data. Florian Markowetz, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

- *ESR2*: The mechanisms of coding and non-coding oncogenic alterations. 
Nuria Lopez-Bigas, IRB, Barcelona, Spain.

- *ESR3*: Identification of drivers of relapse and metastasis. Nuria 
Lopez-Bigas, IRB, Barcelona, Spain.

- *ESR4:* Estimating tumour phylogenies from single-cell SNV and CNA 
data. Niko Beerenwinkel, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.

- *ESR5*: Evolutionary history of circulating tumour cells and distant 
metastases. Ewa Szczurek, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

- *ESR6*: Identification and impact of clonal and subclonal driver 
alterations on cancer progression. Francesca Ciccarelli, KCL/Crick 
Institute, London, UK.

- *ESR7*: Inferring tumour evolution and migration. Niko Beerenwinkel, 
ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.

- *ESR8*: Models and inference for Single-cell sequencing and tumour 
evolution. Jens Lagergren, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

- *ESR9*: Evolution of drug resistance on genetic and phenotypic levels. 
Ewa Szczurek, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

- *ESR10*: Driver events, evolutionary dynamics and interplay with the 
external environment across cancer types. Francesca Ciccarelli, 
KCL/Crick Institute, London, UK.

- *ESR11*: Estimation of tumour growth rates from NGS data. David 
Posada, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain.

- *ESR12*: Mutational patterns and models within tumours. David Posada, 
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain.

- *ESR13*: Integrated image and genomics. Yinyin Yuan, ICR, London, UK.

- *ESR14*: Spatial genetics and transcriptomics of pancreatic and 
ovarian cancer. Florian Markowetz, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

- *ESR15*: Reconciling tumour trees and multiple tumour progression 
models. Jens Lagergren, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

Please forward this message to possible candidates in your network.

Best regards,

Iwona Zielińska
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Iwona Zielińska
project manager
Horizon 2020 - CONTRA

University of Warsaw
www.uw.edu.pl
www.mimuw.edu.pl

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